I have a question. I understand CCU is NOT DETC accredited. Then, how is that their coursework is ACE recommended? i remember emailing ACE and they answered that in order for the coursework to be evaluated the school needed to be DETC accredited... perhaps rules changed?
It is news to me that CCU's coursework has been evaluated by ACE. Please let us know where that information can be found.
California Coast Univiersity is not listed in the list of ACE-Reviewed Training Course Provider Coastline Community College (a community college) is listed under Cooperating Colleges and Universities in California. Using the Search feature on ACEnet.org found some refernces to articles that talked about CCU but no listing of any course evaluation.
MMm.. if CCU courses are not ACE recommended... how that people can transfer their credits to COSC or TESC?
Do you have any reason to believe anyone has been successful in transferring credits from CCU to either COSC or TESC? You might be operating under a faulty premise.
I think JRA is confused. People have taken learning from CCU AND elsewhere and used it to pass CLEP tests. Their credit comes from CLEP tests NOT CCU.
Yes i guess i was confused... but i still dont get the sense.. the guy that completed a degree at CCU and then moved to one of the big 3 (i dont remember if was TESC or COSC) had to take ALL the clep exams in order to get his degree from that school? that way it doesnt sound very logic to go via the state approved path, or CCU specifically gives preparation to CLEP exams and other credit sources within their degree programs?
Hi Jra I think you have a better understanding now. CCU does not offer CLEP preparation. As you mentioned, enrolling at CCU is not a great idea if you really intend on graduating from COSC. For those who are graduates or are near completion at CCU, CLEP tests and COSC offer a good path to attaining a RA and recognized degree. For others, it would be much better to study and take the CLEP tests directly. Yes, Randell1234 had to take all the CLEP tests just as if he never attended CCU. I think he would tell you the learning helped prepare him for the CLEP tests. I hope this is helpful.
I think that I'm gonna disagree with Dave. I can see advantages in combining credit by examination or portfolio with instruction obtained from any number of sources, including classes at non-accredited institutions. It's not all that different from the University of London external programme. The university sends students a syllabus and conducts periodic examinations. How students learn the material is up to them. Some of them just read textbooks. But others enroll in a variety of courses offered by an array of providers. I suppose that a great deal depends on whether a particular student feels that he or she would benefit from the work of a professor, or whether he or she would rather try to wing it independently.
I had an AA from UoP and several computer certs. I enrolled in the CCU BS/MBA program and completed my BS in Business. I then joined the Army Reserve for a year (I was prior service) just so I could take the CLEP and DANTES for free. I was able to pass or do better on a couple of exams due the material I learned at CCU. Many of the exams had nothing to do with the clsses I took at CCU. I took Here's to your Health, Intro to Criminal Justice, Intro to Law, Tech Writing, Envir and Humanity, as well as several others without any prep. Since the exams are free to reservist, I took two or three exams a day and did not care if I failed. Of the 18 exams I took in six weeks, I failed three. Prin of Finance I got a 42 and needed a 46, World Geo I got a 46 and needed a 48, and Money and Banking, I do not remeber what I got.
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